Games Workshop Warhammer 40k - Codex V.9 Adepta Sororitas (En) [Personal Computers]

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Slay the Heretic may be a little difficult to pull off if you’re required to line up killing exactly the right units with the right kind of weapons, while Defend the Shrine has a reasonable scoring window of 18 available points, but allows your opponent to dictate your plan, and gives them a very unusual ability to claw points back off you. Now, just over 18 months later the Sisters of Battle are back with a brand new Codex, new models and a fantastic set of Crusade rules.

Last but not least we have Inviolate Shieldwall, usable by Celestian Sacresants or Crusaders, giving them -1 to wound against melee attacks for 1CP. It still grants a 6+ invulnerable save to affected units (again mostly the Sister of Battle units themselves) but the Deny the Witch element has been improved. The stake mode is pretty nifty – it’s S4 AP-1 D2, and if the wound is allocated to a psyker (so after rolling to wound but before making saves) they take an additional d3 mortals.

It’s not all bad news, as Tale of the Faithful gets a complete overhaul to be much more broad, granting re-rolls on Advance and Charge rolls (also locked to CORE), distinctly more useful than it once was. The Blessings of Sebastian Thor grant 2 sacred rites to the bearer’s unit instead of 1, while the Simulacrum Sanctorum imitates the Venerated Saint stratagem from the previous codex. Each time you gain a Miracle dice at the end of a Phase as a result of destorying an enemy unit, that Miracle dice is changed to a 6 if this Warlord destroyed an enemy unit that Phase. Re-rolls like this are best on armies that can scatter a few powerful weapons in a lot of squads, and that absolutely describes the melta-happy Sisters.

A reasonably good stratagem for any unit with a high volume of attacks, but a massive step down from the raw power of its previous +1 to wound incarnation.Sisters had one of the best Stratagem sections in 8th edition, with a great mix of possibilities which enhanced units across the army. A cheap character with access to the Blessings of the Faithful will be a useful addition in most lists I think. Instead of its old effect of ignoring AP-1 (or stacking to AP-2 for Valorous Heart) it protects nearby CORE units with -1 to wound against incoming attacks – but only at S3 or less. Final Redemption now applies to ENGINES OF REDEMPTION instead of Repentia, and does d3 mortal wounds instead of 1, and Divine Intervention is once per game.

War Hymn adds 1 to the attacks characteristic of one nearby Adepta Ministorum Core/Character or Engine of Redeption unit within 6″. It will come as no surprise that and army of the Adpeta Sororitas get access to a handful of tailored secondary objectives. The upside is that all other units in your Crusade receive some experience points, so it’s not all doom and gloom I suppose. As with other 9th edition Warhammer 40,000 Codexes, Codex Adepta Sororitas is packed with background, history and timelines, descriptions of battles and major conflicts involving the Sisters of Battle and plenty of gorgeous images and artwork depicting the most faithful of the Imperium’s servants.No longer allows all units within 6″ to re-roll hits and wounds, instead can choose a Core or Character unit within 6″ to re-roll hits.